Is it just me? I just hate when there is a good picture or set and not one word below them to discribe what it is. There is a lot of them that just beg to be described - and not one word there. I understand that some people post just for themself or friends and family but it is still public domain and some of us would like to know what we are looking at...

Is it just laziness?

What do you think?

Pav

www.woodendude.co.uk

I agree.. the featured photo on Sunday morning EST time, or at least I think it was. All the pictures of Iraq are even more amazing because he has detailed descriptions of most of them.

well, i think sometimes there's just no description needed. if it's not important where and when the photo has been taken but it's all about the atmosphere and the feeling it creates then one can leave the description out and let the viewers think for themselves. plus there's always the possibility to ask if you're really interested..

I have a few pictures with no description, and I prefer it that way. I could have written quite a bit about these, for example, but it just doesn't feel right.

I enjoy looking at trees (so much that I now use one of those pictures as my desktop wallpaper) and don't think about their context, location or anything else. They are just nice.

When I do write a description for a picture, it is because I think that the description adds something to it - like the fact that the River Foss is next to such a busy junction makes it so much more valuable as an oasis of calm.

I do think this is laziness... yet some are more impressive when the place of capture etc. is unrevealed, making a slight mysteriousness in some cases. Laziness can also be a factor, as refusing to type can be found.

I mean, you had to be thinking something when you took the picture, it it was just a spur of the moment thing, well I wouldn't care. And for the most part, I usually don't comment on things that don't have an explanation behind them. Sure, they should stand for themselves, but Im curious, I want to know whats going on...

as for my posts, they are probably too long for anyone to really read them.

a picture says a thousand words...

sometimes i start ranting, and then i think... i dont want to colour anyone's perceptions, i dont want to say anything!...

lol

While I agree to some extent that a picture should stand on its own with no description, if I like the image I am always interested to find out how and why the photograph was taken. I think it can help those of us who are learning how to make our pictures better and give a bit of an insight into the photographers head. Like linusan I do find I pay more attention to the bloggers who have something to say about their photographs.

i dont really leave descriptions on my blog, because i like the pictures to speak for them selves, if some people leave a really long description, i tend not to read it all as i look at the pictures more..................and maybe it could be lazyness!!!

combining pictures with words is a strange, new art form.

i agree, it is sometimes sad not to get any comment under a pic that needs it... but then again not saying anything is saying something, too.

however, i sometimes find it hard to put "the right words" under a picture, although i think it's always worth a try. we're used to much to just "look at pictures" that we might need to re-learn to verbalize over them.

I thought you said "verbalize all over them".

are people just too damn lazy to write 'please enlarge'?

There are no rules. Sometimes a set of photos suits captions and at other times it doesn't. It's worth having some respect for what the photographer chooses to do, and if that means not telling us where the photo was taken or whatever else our curiosity demands, then prehaps we have to learn to get by without it, and use our imagination.

For me, lack of tags is laziness, but lack of description is because I'm not inclined to include a description, either because I think it's not necessary, or because I just don't want to. In the beginning, I wrote more, to set the mood. My posting style has changed significantly since then, and I usually add more images now, but write very little.

If there's something specific you want to know, you can always ask the poster--that's what I do, either as a comment, or in a message. Sometimes you just gotta know...

I think there should be more blogs with words!
So people learn how to spel and speak in English properly!

isn't "spel" a five letter word? ;-)

5 letters??? huuh. Not in French, it isn't.

And that makes a nice segue into my comment. Do we assume that all comments must be in English? Is this an English-only photoblog? I wish I were multilingual.

And, while I have not yet learned the art of photography, a poorly written description, poor grammar, the use of ellipses rather than punctuation, and the use of lol, rfol, etc., as modifiers merely distract me from the content of the photo. Sometimes, I find that only the title of the photo is enough to explain or intensify the content.

Sometimes pictures speak loauder than words anyday

I don't feel that blogger should have to be forced to speak english, get real this blog goes all over the world, if you can't read it, go to an online transaltor its not that big of deal

I don't think it is only a matter of laziness,sometimes it is a matter of time also . Sometimes I only have time to download shots. Also depending on my mood sometimes photos don't need a description ... why does everyone insist on a "certain" way things should be done for everyone..
variety is beautiful